QUAKERS AND THE WAR.
Some interesting details of the work of the Quaker Ambulance Unit in the West is given in a recent issue of The I'Viond. The design of the unit originated in ambulance work; but, though this branch still occupies the largest number of men, much more extensive duties are now performed. Up till the end of last year the unit bad been responsible for seven hospitals; useful sanitary service had been performed, including the supervision of 1200 houses where typhoid fever existed, and the inoculatioin of over 27,000 persons; there wen; two ambulance trains, which had carried upwards of 18,000 soldiers; relief had been given to thousands of refugees, and medical and surgical aid supplied in many villages. The unit comprised doctors, dentists, dressers, dispensers, orderlies, motor men, mechanic's, repairers, architects, surveyors, builders, engineers, administrators, teachers, accountants, and clerks—all working together in a common bond and in a common cause.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1570, 29 June 1916, Page 4
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153QUAKERS AND THE WAR. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1570, 29 June 1916, Page 4
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